Letter from Hugo Dewald, 27 November 1889
Reverend first President and Head of
the Church of Jesus Christ.
Electrified by the deep philosophical
thruth's of your religious system, especially
in the spirit of the genial "Pratt," I would
desire today (although a Catholic at present)
to be batized ^into^ and to unite myself with
the Church of J. C. of L. D. Saints.
I am 28 years of age, unmarried, the
son of a pretty somewhat wealthy pair of
people of the middle classes, who are yet living.
I am from Pressburg, Hungary, and in
consequence of the circumstances of my parents,
as also in consequence of a considerable
heirship, which fell to me 5 years ago, I
have been living entirely independent. This
independency I have used to train my
mind systematically and store with
universal knowledge.
